Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 days ago, 16 days ago, 14 days ago, 11 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 17:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$123 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 637 72% 563 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$225 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 109 Parallax 111 95% 112 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 106 Splatting 95.6 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$50 406,008 User benchmarks, average bench 289% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 855 843 849 844 840 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,362 Write 2,200 Mixed 1,661 SusWrite 849 396% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 68 221% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 986 742% 996 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 345%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$80 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 482GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 148 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 147 Mixed 80 SusWrite 151 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 29.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	1	215	58	165	31.5"	1280 720	MSI3DA6 MSI G32C4

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $325

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $421Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	6,166x
Core i9-9900KIntel $595Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,224x
Core i5-9600KIntel $250Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,769x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $568Bench 148%, 562,666 samples	1,333x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,319x
RTX 3080Nvidia $760Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,147x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $88Bench 332%, 443,394 samples	1,041x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $180Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	945x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 289%, 406,008 samples	739x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	899x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	626x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	619x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $319	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $449	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $163	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16